BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN Integrative Health Sciences

The Bachelor of Science in Integrative Health Sciences (BSiHS) degree is designed for third-year students seeking to develop an in-depth understanding of integrative health sciences. Our curriculum features three core threads: integrative health sciences, natural sciences, and social sciences. The integrative sciences thread focuses on exercise science, prevention and wellness, anatomy and physiology, mind-body medicine, whole-food nutrition, botanical medicine, and more.

The natural sciences thread includes anatomy and physiology, organic chemistry, biochemistry, and genetics. These courses provide our students a solid scientific understanding of the human body and the basic principles of health and disease, provide fundamentals in research, and provide scientific and professional communication. The social sciences thread highlights the student's interpersonal and professional growth with a strong focus on the development of cultural competency skills, ethical decision-making, expository writing, self-reflection, and self-management.

Your studies culminate with a final capstone project, the stepping stone to the next phase of your career or continued graduate study.

The Bachelor of Science in Integrative Health Sciences (BSiHS) program features four core threads: integrative health sciences, natural sciences, social sciences, and critical thinking. The integrative health sciences thread focuses on prevention and wellness, exercise science, mind-body medicine, nutrition, and botanical medicine.

Students take traditional pre-health/pre-med classes in the natural sciences thread, such as anatomy and physiology with dissection lab, organic chemistry, biochemistry, and physics. These provide the scientific foundation for understanding the human body and the basic principles of health and disease. Throughout this sequence, students also learn the foundations of research and scientific and professional communication.

The National University of Natural Medicine (NUNM) is the oldest accredited naturopathic medical university in North America and a natural medicine education leader and evidence-based research. As one of the most respected universities of natural medicine globally, our participation in international medical education and research is routinely solicited. We believe in the healing power of nature and that food is medicine.

The National University of Natural Medicine offers a tightly knit, inspiring learning environment and a vital,groundbreaking research community that encompasses our classrooms, health centres, and beyond. Our dynamic campus offers all our students the opportunity to become agents of change in the world of health. You can be on the frontier of new ways of looking at nutrition, mental health, and more. As a medical student, you will work with diverse patient populations in our community clinics and appreciate different practice settings. Our health centres and acclaimed Helfgott Research Institute will be central to your coursework. At The National University of Natural Medicine, we are all about education, research, and service―it’s what our students want and patients need.

Our students are passionate, high achievers who take steps to make the world a better place using natural medicine.

Our exceptional programs in naturopathic medicine, classical Chinese medicine, integrative medicine research, global health, and nutrition blend ancient healing wisdom with modern, research-based science. Our graduates are in high demand―a vast number of U.S. healthcare consumers seek preventive, non-invasive, and high-quality natural health care.